ED raids at two residences of Ex HM Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur

Nagpur: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at two residences of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Sunday in connection with money laundering case, sources said.

According to the sources, two separate teams of the ED searched Deshmukh's house in Katol town, where he contested election and his ancestral home at Wadvihira village near Katol.

Sources further said the searches began at around 6 am. The search is still on at the Katol premises of Deshmukh, while the search at Wadvihira concluded around 12 noon.

The ED is conducting a probe into the money laundering case related to an alleged multi-crore extortion racket that led to Deshmukh's resignation from the post of Home Minister in April this year.

The ED's case against Deshmukh and others was made out after the CBI first carried out a preliminary enquiry followed by a regular case being filed on the orders of the Bombay High Court.

The court had asked the CBI to look into the allegations of bribery made against Deshmukh by former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh. (UNI)